How do we obtain hydrogen?
Challenge: ascertain hydrogen from carbon free-renewable resources.
Cheapest process: By using natural gas and steam in a chemical reaction. Unfortunately this causes the production of carbon dioxide, the gas that green technology is attempting to omit. This means that the CO2 produced generating the hydrogen in the first place is not significantly less than a standard petrol engine.
Greener process: Research has been carried out looking into hydrogen production that is not dependent on initial burning of fossil fuels. On an industrial scale, electrolysis can be used to split water into hydrogen and oxygen and was first thought about in 1820 by Faraday yet today, research is being carried out into its application such as in hydrogen fuel cell vehicles.
Electrolysis has the potential to act in synergy with renewable energy resources where by electricity for the reaction is generated for example, from wind turbines, solar power or hydro-electric power.
Nuclear high temperature electrolysis and renewable electrolysis all have the possibility to generate near-zero greenhouse gases.
Cheapest process: By using natural gas and steam in a chemical reaction. Unfortunately this causes the production of carbon dioxide, the gas that green technology is attempting to omit. This means that the CO2 produced generating the hydrogen in the first place is not significantly less than a standard petrol engine.
Greener process: Research has been carried out looking into hydrogen production that is not dependent on initial burning of fossil fuels. On an industrial scale, electrolysis can be used to split water into hydrogen and oxygen and was first thought about in 1820 by Faraday yet today, research is being carried out into its application such as in hydrogen fuel cell vehicles.
Electrolysis has the potential to act in synergy with renewable energy resources where by electricity for the reaction is generated for example, from wind turbines, solar power or hydro-electric power.
Nuclear high temperature electrolysis and renewable electrolysis all have the possibility to generate near-zero greenhouse gases.
